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.TH "SERVICE" 8 "" "Jan 2006" "System Manager's Manual"
.SH NAME
service \- run a System V init script
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
\fBservice\fP \fISCRIPT\fP \fICOMMAND\fP [\fIOPTIONS\fP]
.sp
\fBservice\fP \fB\-\-status\-all\fP
.sp
\fBservice\fP \fB\-\-help\fP | \fB\-h\fP | \fB\-\-version\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
\fBservice\fP runs a System V init script or systemd unit in as predictable an
environment as possible, removing most environment variables and with the
current working directory set to \fB/\fP\&.
.sp
The
\fISCRIPT\fP
parameter specifies a System V init script, located in \fI/etc/init.d/SCRIPT\fP,
or the name of a systemd unit. The existence of a systemd unit of the same
name as a script in \fB/etc/init.d\fP will cause the unit to take precedence
over the init.d script.
The supported values of \fICOMMAND\fP depend on the invoked script. \fBservice\fP
passes \fICOMMAND\fP  and \fIOPTIONS\fP to the init script unmodified. For systemd
units, start, stop, status, and reload are passed through to their
systemctl/initctl equivalents.
.sp
All scripts should support at least the \fBstart\fP and \fBstop\fP commands.
As a special case, if \fICOMMAND\fP is \fB\-\-full\-restart\fP, the script is run
twice, first with the \fBstop\fP command, then with the \fBstart\fP
command. Note, that unlike \fBupdate\-rc.d\fP(8), \fBservice\fP does not
check \fB/usr/sbin/policy\-rc.d\fP\&.
.sp
\fBservice \-\-status\-all\fP runs all init scripts, in alphabetical order, with
the \fBstatus\fP command. The status is [ + ] for running services, [ \- ] for
stopped services and [ ? ] for services without a \fBstatus\fP command.  This
option only calls status for sysvinit jobs.
.SH EXIT CODES
.sp
\fBservice\fP calls the init script and returns the status returned by it.
.SH FILES
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.TP
.B \fB/etc/init.d\fP
The directory containing System V init scripts.
.TP
.B \fB/{lib,run,etc}/systemd/system\fP
The directories containing systemd units.
.UNINDENT
.SH ENVIRONMENT
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.TP
.B \fBLANG\fP, \fBLANGUAGE\fP, \fBLC_CTYPE\fP, \fBLC_NUMERIC\fP, \fBLC_TIME\fP, \fBLC_COLLATE\fP, \fBLC_MONETARY\fP, \fBLC_MESSAGES\fP, \fBLC_PAPER\fP, \fBLC_NAME\fP, \fBLC_ADDRESS\fP, \fBLC_TELEPHONE\fP, \fBLC_MEASUREMENT\fP, \fBLC_IDENTIFICATION\fP, \fBLC_ALL\fP, \fBTERM\fP, \fBPATH\fP
The only environment variables passed to the init scripts.
.UNINDENT
.SH SEE ALSO
.nf
\fI/etc/init.d/skeleton\fP
\fBupdate\-rc.d\fP(8)
\fBinit\fP(8)
\fBinvoke\-rc.d\fP(8)
\fBsystemctl\fP(1)
.fi
.sp
.SH AUTHOR
Miloslav Trmac <mitr@redhat.com>,
Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>

License: GNU General Public License v2 (GPLv2)
.SH COPYRIGHT
2006 Red Hat, Inc.,  Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
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